Essays_ was, by the Council of King’s College, requested to retire.
He subsequently accepted the Incumbency of Vere Street Chapel, which
he held until appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge.
Incumbent of St. Edward’s, Cambridge, 1870-72 and Cambridge preacher
at Whitehall 1871. He died in the following year and was buried at
Highgate.
_To Rev. F. D. Maurice._
MAURICE.
MAURICE BERKELEY.
Sir Maurice Berkeley. Fought on the side of Mary in the Wyatt
insurrection, 1554. Wyatt surrendered to him at Temple Bar.
_Queen Mary._
MAVIS.
= The song-thrush.
_Claribel_;
_Gareth and Lynette_;
_The Foresters_.
MAVORS.
then would I cry to thee
To kiss thy Mavors, roll thy tender arms
Round him,
= Mars.
_Lucretius._
MAYFLY.
A short-lived fly which appears in May.
_Maud._
MAY LILIAN.
_See_ =Lilian=.
MAY-SWEET.
_Lover’s Tale._
MEADOW-CRAKE.
= the corn-crake. It builds its nest in meadow grass.
_The Princess._
MEADOW-SWEET.
A fragrant herbaceous plant with white flowers, called also _queen of
the meadow_.
_The Brook_;
_Promise of May_.
MEDITERRANEAN.
An inland sea enclosed east by Asia, south by Africa and north by
Europe.
_Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham._
MEDWAY.
Ah, gray old castle of Alington, green field
Beside the brimming Medway, it may chance
That I shall never look upon you more.
A river of Kent.
_Queen Mary._
MEG.
began
To troll a careless, careless tavern-catch
Of Moll and Meg, and strange experiences
Unmeet for ladies.
A colloquialism for Margaret.
_The Princess._
MELISSA.
Daughter of lady Blanche and friend of Ida, heroine of _The Princess_,
one of the young ladies who accompanied Ida to her house of learning.
Melissa is the Greek word for ‘Bee’ or ‘Honey.’ She was supposed to
be a maiden of youthful charm and one whose tender conscience and
loving manner could not brook the shadow of deceit. At the college
she occupied a subordinate position, but her youthful charm and
subordinate sphere formed a striking contrast to the princess who was
the embodiment of majestic dignity.
_The Princess._
MELPOMENE.
The Muse of Tragedy. Her attribute is a tragic mask, or a sword. The
Muses (_q.v._) were nine in number, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne,
and were considered as goddesses dwelling in Olympus.
_In Memoriam._
MEMMIAN NAPHTHA-PITS.
or fled
Beyond the Memmian naphtha-pits, disgraced
For ever--
= Mennis, a place in Mesopotamia with Naphtha-pits, identified with the
modern Kerkuk, or Kirkook, in Asiatic Turkey, twenty hours’ journey
from Arbela.
Alexander quartis castris ad Mennin urbem pervenit. Caverna ibi est,
ex qua fons ingentem vim bituminis effundit, adeo ut satis constet,
Babylonios muros ingentis operis fontis bitumine interlitos esse.
Q. Curtius: _Hist. Alex. Magni v._ i. 16.
_See_ Professor Bensly’s communication to _Notes and Queries, February
14, 1914, p. 137_.
_Alexander._
MEMMIUS.
and meant
Surely to lead my Memmius in a train
Of flowery clauses onward to the proof
That Gods there are, and deathless.
= A Roman citizen. Was tribune, pretor and subsequently governor of
Bithynia; banished by Cæsar. Lucretius dedicated his poem to him.
_Lucretius._
MEMNON.
The beautiful son of Tithonus and Eos. He was sent by his father to
assist in the Trojan war and slew Antilochus, but was himself killed
by Achilles; whereupon his mother besought Jupiter to immortalize his
memory. This, however, did not calm her sorrow, for she bears witness
to her weeping in the dews of the morning. A colossal statue of king
Amenophis built near Thebes, and which was said to emit a musical sound
at dawn, was given the name of Memnon.
Thro’ which the lights, rose, amber, emerald, blue,
Flush’d in her temples and her eyes,
And from her lips, as morn from Memnon drew
Rivers of melodies.
_Palace of Art_;
_The Princess_.
MENŒCEUS.
A young Theban, son of Creon. During the siege of Thebes, Tiresias
prophesied that victory would ensue on the side of Thebes if the wrath
of the god Arês was pacified by a descendant of the warriors that had
sprung from the dragon’s teeth sown by Cadmus (_q.v._) at the well of
the Dircê being sacrificed. Menœceus, one of the last of the race, slew
himself on the wall and his body fell down into the cave which had been
the haunt of the dragon.
_Tiresias._
MEN-TOMMIES.
= Sweet-hearts.
_Spinster’s Sweet-Arts._
MERCURY.
The Italian god of commerce.
_Lucretius_;
_Lover’s Tale_.
MERIDES.
The personification of the noonday sun. The name of a knight--one of
four brothers--who kept the passages of Castle Perilous, where the lady
Lyonors was held captive, and who was overthrown by sir Gareth.
_Gareth and Lynette._
MERLE.
= The blackbird.
_Gareth and Lynette_;
_The Foresters_.
MERLIN.
The magician of Arthur’s court. He is supposed to have been a bard,
born about the year 470 +A.D.+, and adopted the name of Ambrose. He
first served the British chief Ambrosius Aurelianus, and afterwards
king Arthur.
and one
Is Merlin, the wise man that ever served
King Uther thro’ his magic art;
In 457 +A.D.+, after the defeat of the Saxons under Hengist, Merlin
conveyed great stones from Ireland to England, and set them up at
Stonehenge as a monument to the British chiefs who had been slain by
Hengist, where they still remain.
How _Merlin_ by his skill, and Magiques wondrous might,
From _Ireland_ hither brought the _Stonehenge_ in a night:
Drayton: _Polyolbion, Fourth Song._
He received king Arthur after his birth and handed him to sir Anton to
bring him up.
Wherefore Merlin took the child
And gave him to Sir Anton, an old knight,
And ancient friend of Uther; and his wife
Nursed the young prince, and rear’d him with her own;
And no man knew.
He afterwards made the Round Table at Camelot to seat 150 knights and
built a castle to accommodate the magic table.
‘O brother, had you known our mighty hall,
Which Merlin built for Arthur long ago!
For all the sacred mount of Camelot,
And all the dim rich city, roof by roof,
Tower after tower, spire beyond spire,
Various accounts are given as to the manner of his death, but Tennyson
says that his fair mistress Vivien (_q.v._), who never left his side,
followed him to the wild woods of Broceliande where she induced him by
craft to reveal to her the secret of his magic strength. Having learnt
this, Vivien confined him in a hollow tower from which there was no
escape.
And then she follow’d Merlin all the way,
Ev’n to the wild woods of Broceliande.
For Merlin once had told her of a charm,
The which if any wrought on any one
With woven paces and with waving arms,
The man so wrought on ever seem’d to lie
Closed in the four walls of a hollow tower,
From which was no escape for evermore.
_Morte d’Arthur_;
_Coming of Arthur_;
_Gareth and Lynette_;
_Merlin and Vivien_;
_Holy Grail_;
_Pelleas and Ettarre_;
_Last Tournament_;
_Passing of Arthur_;
_Merlin and the Gleam_.
MERSEY.
And here, new-comers in an ancient hold,
New-comers from the Mersey, millionaires,
Here lived the Hills.
= The river Mersey.
_Edwin Morris._
METHUSALEH.
Eh! if I could ha’ gone on wi’ the plowin’ nobbut the smell o’ the
mou’d ’ud ha’ maäde ma live as long as Jerusalem.
_Eva._ Methusaleh, father.
_Promise of May._
MEW.
= A sea-gull.
_Sea Fairies_;
_The Princess_.
MEXICO.
A republic of North America.
_Mine be the strength_;
_Queen Mary_.
MICHAËL.
An archangel, and leader of the heavenly host, who drove the rebel
angels out of heaven.
_Last Tournament._
MICHAEL ANGELO.
A famous Italian sculptor, painter and poet.
_In Memoriam._
MILAN.
A city of northern Italy, and capital of the province of Milan.
_The Daisy_;
_Queen Mary_.
MILLY.
Servant to farmer Dobson.
_Promise of May._
MILTON.
Poet (1608-1674).
_Palace of Art_;
_Milton_;
_Romney’s Remorse_.
MINNETH.
The chief city of the Ammonites.
And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith. _Judges
xi. 33._
_Dream of Fair Women._
MINNIE.
Minnie and Winnie
Slept in a shell.
Sleep, little ladies!
And they slept well.
_Minnie and Winnie._
MINNOW.
A small fresh-water fish.
_Miller’s Daughter._
MIRIAM.
And highest, among the statues, statue-like ween a cymbal’d Miriam
and a Jael,
Sister of Moses and Aaron, and a prophetess. After the passage of the
Red Sea she took a cymbal in her hand, and followed by the whole female
population of Israel sang a song of thanksgiving to God for having
delivered Israel from the Egyptians. _Exodus xv. 20-21._
_The Princess._
MIRIAM.
MIRIAM ERNE.
Cousin of Muriel Erne, in whose company she was often to be found,
Muriel fishing and Miriam sketching by a certain brook. Miriam married,
but died during the first year of her married life, leaving a little
daughter also called Miriam.
_The Ring._
MIRIAM.
MIRIAM LANE.
The landlady of the village tavern in _Enoch Arden_.
_Enoch Arden._
MISERERE MEI.
Then knelt and said the Miserere Mei--
But all in English, mark you; rose again,
The Fifty-first psalm.
_Queen Mary._
MISTLETOE.
A parasite plant or shrub, which grows on different trees. When found
upon the oak it was regarded by the Druids as an object of superstition.
_Day-Dream._
MIZPEH.
The daughter of the warrior Gileadite,
A maiden pure; as when she went along
From Mizpeh’s tower’d gate with welcome light,
With timbrel and with song.
_See Judges xi. 34-36._
_Dream of Fair Women._
MNEMOSYNÊ.
In Greek Mythology, the goddess of memory and mother of the muses.
_The Princess._
MOAB.
and a hundred meres
About it, as the water Moab saw
Come round by the East,
_See 2 Kings iii. 22._
_Last Tournament._
MOCK-HYMEN.
_See_ =Hymen=.
MODRED.
Son of Lot, king of Orkney, and Bellicent, daughter of Gorloïs and
Ygerne, and brother of sir Gawain and sir Gareth. His name signifies
‘Biter,’ which represents the serpent of which king Arthur was by
Merlin warned to beware. When king Arthur (_q.v._) was absent on a
campaign abroad he left Modred regent; but he usurped the kingdom and
tried to wed Guinevere the queen. Upon Arthur learning the news he
returned and in the ‘last weird battle in the west’ Modred was slain
and Arthur also received his death-wound.
_Coming of Arthur_;
_Gareth and Lynette_;
_Lancelot and Elaine_;
_Pelleas and Ettarre_;
_Last Tournament_;
_Guinevere_;
_Passing of Arthur_.
MOLE.
A small animal which burrows in the ground and casts up little heaps of
mould.
_My life is full_;
_Aylmer’s Field_;
_Defence of Lucknow_.
MOLL.
began
To troll a careless, careless tavern-catch
Of Moll and Meg, and strange experiences
Unmeet for ladies.
A colloquialism for Mary.
_The Princess._
MOLLY.
Servant girl to an old spinster who had named all her cats after her
former sweethearts. She seemed to induce Molly to believe her ideas.
That a man be a durty thing an’ a trouble an’ plague wi’ indoor.
_Spinster’s Sweet-Arts._
MOLLY.
One of the daughters of the new village squire, and described by the
village wife.
For Molly the long un she walkt away wi’ a hofficer lad,
An’ nawbody ’eärd on ’er sin, sa o’ coorse she be gone to the bad!
_Village Wife._
MOLLY.
MOLLY MAGEE.
_See_ =Dan, Danny O’Roon=.
MOLOCH.
Screams of a babe in the red-hot palms of Moloch of Tyre,
Refers to the fire god of the Ammonites, which was worshipped in Rabba,
and to whom human sacrifices were offered.
First, _Moloch_, horrid king, besmeared with blood
Of human sacrifice, and parents’ tears;
Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud,
Their children’s cries unheard that passed through fire
To his grim idol. Him the Ammonite
Worshipped in Rabba and her watery plain,
In Argob and in Basan, to the stream
Of utmost Arnon.
Milton: _Paradise Lost, Book I, 392-399._
_The Dawn._
MOLOWNY.
A priest.
_Tomorrow._
MOLY.
A fabulous herb of magic power, said by Homer to have been given by
Hermes to Odysseus to counteract the spells of Circe.
And yet more med’cinal is it than that Moly
That Hermes once to wise Ulysses gave.
Milton: _Comus, 636-637._
_Lotos-Eaters._
MONA.
While about the shore of Mona those Neronian legionaries
Burnt and broke the grove and altar of the Druid and Druidess,
The Roman name of the isle of Anglesey. Upon the occasion of the
second Roman invasion of Britain, it was the only place where Druidism
existed, which was finally destroyed by the Roman General Suetonius
Paulinus in +A.D.+ 61.
_Boädicea._
MONACO.
How like a gem, beneath the city
Of little Monaco, basking, glow’d.
A small principality on the shores of the Mediterranean sea.
_The Daisy._
MONMOUTH (Harry of).
_See_ =Harry of Monmouth=.
MONNA GIOVANNA.
_See_ =Federigo degli Alberighi=.
MONTE ROSA.
How faintly-flush’d, how phantom-fair,
Was Monte Rosa, hanging there
A thousand shadowy-pencill’d valleys
And snowy dells in a golden air.
A glacier mass between Switzerland and Italy.
_The Daisy._
MONTFORT (Edith).
_See_ =Edith, Edith Montfort=.
MORCAR.
Earl of Northumbria and son of Alfgar of Mercia; joined his brother
Edwin, earl of Mercia in his revolt against Tostig: and was defeated by
the Norsemen under Hardrada at Fulford Bridge, near York, September 20,
1066. After the battle of Senlac he made submission to the Conqueror
and was pardoned. In 1071 he joined the insurgents in the Isle of
Ely under Hereward the Wake and on surrendering was committed to the
custody of Roger de Beaumont; in 1087 he was imprisoned at Winchester.
_Harold._
MORE (Sir Thomas).
Son of sir John More and the author of _Utopia_. Succeeded Wolsey as
Lord Chancellor 1529, but resigned the office (1532) because he could
not support Henry VIII’s action in the matter of his divorce; with John
Fisher, bishop of Rochester, was committed to the Tower for refusing
to take the oath of supremacy; found guilty and was beheaded July 6,
1535; his body was buried in the Tower and his head exhibited on London
Bridge (1478-1535).
_Queen Mary._
MORELAND (Emma).
_See_ =Emma Moreland=.
MORGANORE.
One of the petty kings overcome by king Arthur fighting on behalf of
Leodogran, king of Cameliard.
_Coming of Arthur._
MORIAH.
After the day of darkness, when the dead
Went wandering o’er Moriah--
A mountain near Jerusalem where king Solomon built the temple. _2
Chronicles, chap. iii._
The wandering of the dead after the crucifixion is referred to in _St.
Matthew xxvii. 50-53_.
_Holy Grail_;
_Columbus_.
MORRIS (Edwin).
_See_ =Edwin, Edwin Morris=.
MORRISON (Mary).
_See_ =Mary, Mary Morrison=.
MORS.
An infernal deity, the offspring of Night.
_Gareth and Lynette._
MORVILLE.
_See_ =De Morville=.
MOSES.
_Tomorrow._
MOTH.
A family of nocturnal insects.
_The Princess_;
_In Memoriam_;
_Sir John Oldcastle, Lord Cobham_;
_Becket_;
_Promise of May_.
MOUNT OF BLESSING.
MOUNT OF VISION.
And climb the Mount of Blessing, whence if thou
Look higher, then--perchance--thou mayest--beyond
A hundred ever-rising mountain lines,
And past the range of Night and Shadow--see
The high-heaven dawn of more than mortal day
Strike on the Mount of Vision!
_Ancient Sage._
MOUSE.
A small rodent quadruped, of the genus _Mus_.
_Mariana_;
_Aylmer’s Field_;
_Northern Farmer, New Style_;
_Maud_;
_Village Wife_;
_Spinster’s Sweet-Arts_;
_Owd Roä_;
_Queen Mary_;
_The Falcon_.
MOUNTAINS OF THE WORLD.
And came upon the Mountains of the World
And saw the rivers roll from Paradise
The description given by Columbus to the beautiful and fertile shore
of Paria, South America, which he considered to have been the abode of
Adam and Eve. He presumed that the stream of fresh water which filled
the Paria, and sweetened the salt ocean in its vicinity being supplied
by the fountain mentioned in Genesis, as springing from the tree of
life in the Garden of Eden.
_Columbus._
MUCH.
The ‘miller’s son,’ one of Robin Hood’s band of outlaws.
_The Foresters._
MUGGINS.
A methodist preacher supposed to have preached a sermon on ‘Hell-fire
an’ the loov o’ God fur men,’ when Sally and her lover the northern
cobbler, first went to the meeting together. He was supposed to have
had some influence over the cobbler in getting him to give up his habit
of drunkenness.
_Northern Cobbler._
MULE.
A hybrid animal, generated between an ass and a mare.
_Sir Launcelot and Queen Guinevere._
MURIEL ERNE.
Muriel and Miriam Erne were cousins. The latter died leaving a little
girl who was also named Miriam Erne. Muriel, out of pity for the lonely
child, took her and nursed her, and in later years became the child’s
stepmother.
_The Ring._
MUSCOVITE.
How long this icy-hearted Muscovite
Oppress the region?’
= a native of Moscow, or of Russia.
_Poland._
MUSES, THE.
Goddesses who presided over poetry, music, dancing, and the liberal
arts. They were the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosynê, and were nine in
number:--
Calliope: the Muse of eloquence and epic poetry. Her symbols are a
tablet and stylus; sometimes a scroll.
Clio: the Muse of history. Her symbol is a scroll.
Erato: the Muse of erotic poetry and elegy. Her symbol is a lyre.
Euterpe: the Muse of music. Her symbol is a flute.
Melpomene: the Muse of tragedy. Her symbol is a tragic mask, or a sword.
Polyhymnia: the Muse of sacred poetry. She has no attribute.
Terpsichore: the Muse of choral song and dance. Her symbols are a lyre
and the plectrum.
Thalia: the Muse of comedy. Her symbol is a shepherd’s staff, or a
wreath of ivy.
Urania: the Muse of astronomy. Represented as holding a staff with
which she points to a globe.
_The Princess_;
_In Memoriam_;
_To Virgil_;
_Dead Prophet_;
_Parnassus_.
MUSSULMAN.
= The Persian form of Moslem.
_Recollections of the Arabian Nights_;
_Romney’s Remorse_;
_Akbar’s Dream_;
_Becket_.
MYRTLE.
An evergreen shrub of the genus _Myrtus_. The ancients considered it
sacred to Venus, the goddess of Love.
_The Islet_;
_The Cup_.
NADIR.
May this hard earth cleave to the Nadir hell
Down, down, and close again, and nip me flat,
If I be such a traitress.
Represents the lowest point.
_Merlin and Vivien._
NAÏAD.
In Greek mythology the Naïads were female nymphs, represented as
presiding over fresh-water fountains and streams, and endowed with
prophetic power.
_Leonine Elegiacs_;
_Adeline_;
_To E. L._
NAPLES.
A city of Italy and capital of the province of Naples.
_The Brook_;
_The Ring_;
_Queen Mary_.
NEILGHERRY.
yet the brook he loved,
For which, in branding summers of Bengal,
Or ev’n the sweet half-English Neilgherry air
I panted,
A mountain district in south India. It is a bracing district and
much frequented by Europeans as a health resort. In some respects it
resembles the climate of England, hence ‘half-English.’
_The Brook._
NELL.
NELLY.
_See_ =Ellen=.
NELLY.
Daughter of the village squire.
An’ Nelly wur up fro’ the craädle as big i’ the mouth as a cow,
On account of this the village wife recommended that she must emigrate.
An’ saw she mun hammergrate, lass, or she weänt git a maäte onyhow!
_Village Wife._
NELSON.
Horatio, Lord Nelson.
_The Fleet._
NEMESIS.
and some great Nemesis
Break from a darken’d future, crown’d with fire,
In Greek mythology the goddess of moral justice and the personification
of Divine retribution. According to Hesiod she is the daughter of
Night, and with Aidos, the divinity of modesty, left the earth on the
advent of the iron age. Her statue at Athens is said to have been
executed by Phidias, the greatest sculptor the world has ever seen, out
of a block of Parian marble which Darius brought from Persia, and which
he had intended to set up in Athens as a monument of his victory over
the Greeks at Marathon. It was used instead to record his defeat.
_The Princess._
NENE.
_Becket._ Where is the King?
_Roger of York._ Gone hawking on the Nene
A river which has its source in Northamptonshire, and enters the North
Sea by the Wash.
_Becket._
NERONIAN.
While about the shore of Mona those Neronian legionaries
Burnt and broke the grove and altar of the Druid and Druidess,
Refers to the Roman army under Suetonius Paulinus who destroyed the
Druidical power in the Isle of Mona (Anglesey) +A.D.+ 61.
_Boädicea._
NETHERLANDS.
= The low countries.
_Queen Mary._
NEW ENGLAND.
A name applied to the former British possession in North America,
and now comprising the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. The inhabitants are
descendants of English Puritans. Captain John Smith made an extensive
exploration of the region in 1614, and suggested that it should be
called ‘New England.’
_Hands All Round._
NEW FOREST.
A royal forest of England, enclosed by William the Conqueror, and
situated in the south-western portion of Hampshire. Contains the Rufus
stone marking the traditional site of the death of William II.
_Sisters (Evelyn and Edith)._
NEWFOUNDLAND (dog).
_Aylmer’s Field._
NICHOLAS (Saint).
Patron saint of Russia; was bishop of Myra in Lycia, and suffered
persecution under Diocletian. Children, especially schoolboys, are
regarded as being under his guardianship, and he still survives in the
Santa Claus of Christmas rejoicings.
_The Foresters._
NICHOLAS.
NICHOLAS HEATH.
Archbishop of York and Lord Chancellor; fellow of Christ’s College,
Cambridge, 1521, and of Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1524, vicar of Hever
1531-32, and in 1534 appointed archdeacon of Stafford. Created
bishop of Rochester, 1539; and in 1542 succeeded Latimer in the see
of Worcester, but was deprived in 1551. On the accession of Mary
was restored to Worcester, and subsequently elected archbishop of
York, vacant by the deprivation of archbishop Holgate. In 1556 he
was appointed Lord Chancellor. On the death of Mary he proclaimed
Elizabeth in the House of Lords, and for a short time continued to
hold the office of Chancellorship. Was deprived of his archbishoprick
for refusing to take the oath of supremacy and committed to the Tower,
but was subsequently set at liberty on giving an undertaking not to
interfere in Church and State matters. He died in 1579, and was buried
in the chancel of Cobham Church.
_Queen Mary._
NIGHTINGALE.
A small bird of the Passerine family. It sings at night and is
celebrated for the sweetness of its song.
_Palace of Art_;
_Gardener’s Daughter_;
_Vision of Sin_;
_Poet’s Song_;
_Aylmer’s Field_;
_The Princess_;
_Grandmother_;
_In the Garden at Swainston_;
_Marriage of Geraint_;
_Balin and Balan_;
_First Quarrel_;
_Ancient Sage_;
_Demeter and Persephone_.
NILE.
O saviour of the silver-coasted isle,
O shaker of the Baltic and the Nile,
Has reference to lord Nelson’s victory at the battle of the Nile,
August 1, 1798.
_Ode on the death of the Duke of Wellington._
NILUS.
The Nilus would have risen before his time
And flooded at our nod.
Has reference to the annual overflow (July to October) of the river
Nile.
_Dream of Fair Women._
NIOBE.
In Greek mythology the daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king
of Thebes. She had twelve children, six sons and six daughters, and she
scorned the goddess Leto who had only two children, Apollo and Diana.
These two children being indignant at the insult to their mother slew
with their arrows all Niobe’s children. For nine days they lay in their
blood, and on the tenth day the gods buried them. Niobe fled to mount
Sipylos, in Asia Minor, where she was turned into a stone.
_Walking to the Mail_;
_Promise of May_.
NIOBËAN.
Has reference to Niobe (_q.v._) queen of Thebes.
_The Princess._
NOAILLES.
Antoine de Noailles (1504-1562), soldier and diplomatist.
_Queen Mary._
NOÄKS.
A notorious character, a poacher, who was supposed to have shot a
keeper and according to the story told by an old farmer, was condemned
and hanged.
Noäks or Thimbleby--toäner ’ed shot ’um as deäd as a naäil.
Noäks wur ’ang’d for it oop at ’soize--
_Northern Farmer, Old Style._
NOKES.
A character in _Queen Mary_.
_Queen Mary._
NOKES.
A farm hand.
_Promise of May._
NORFOLK (Duke of).
Thomas Howard, third duke of Norfolk (1473-1554), tried to suppress the
Wyatt rebellion, but was unsuccessful.
_Queen Mary._
NORMANDY.
An old province of France of which Rouen was the Capital.
_Harold_;
_Becket_.
NORMANLAND.
= Normandy.
_Harold._
NORSELAND.
= Scandinavia, but more particularly Norway.
_Harold._
NORTHAMPTON.
_Becket._ On a Tuesday was I born, and on a Tuesday
Baptized; and on a Tuesday did I fly
Forth from Northampton; on a Tuesday pass’d
From England into bitter banishment;
In 1164 Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, was summoned by Henry
II to a Council at Northampton to give an account of the various sums
of monies received by him during the time he held the office of Lord
Chancellor. Judgment being given against him, Becket left the palace,
and stealing away by night, reached Sandwich, and thence by boat to
Flanders.
_Becket._